Roseville Rifle Club Australia

Roughly, “to be mentioned in despatches” means when a superior officer mentions, in an official report, a particular person under their command due to that person’s meritorious action(s). That meritorious action is exactly what happened this week on Wednesday morning when Alex Toth shot 3 PIN HOLES out of 10 shots at 300m; and to make things more interesting, she shot an additional PIN HOLE in her second detail (also 10 shots). It was such a phenomenal outcome that the Captain of the Club (Rob Trodden), made note of it to all members in his weekly email (our club version of “despatches”).

Now, Alex has been shooting for only 1 year and shoots in Target Rifle B grade. That is the absolute definition of “meritorious”. But in that year, she hasn’t been idle; according to HEXTA, Alex has clocked up over 150 details across TR, FSTD and some FTR in that year. Her form has definitely improved. But her secret sauce is attributable to 3 things:-

1. Perseverance (practice, practise, practice)
2. The various people in the club that have helped coach Alex along her journey
3. The extra shooting she is also doing at North Sydney Small Bore and Air Rifle Club (NSSBARC) at the neighbouring 50m range using a .22cal rifle.

Congrats to Alex for being “mentioned in despatches”. Keep up the good work – you wont be in B grade for much longer with scores like that!

Janet Beale

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